Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Peru? Peru has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 8,808 km (2011) (8,600 km of navigable tributaries on the Amazon River system and 208 km on Lago Titicaca). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is OB
Transportation in Peru
| Number of Airports | 166 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | 6 (2024) |
| Pipelines | 786 km extra heavy crude, 1,526 km gas, 679 km liquid petroleum gas, 1,106 km oil, 15 km refined products (2022) |
| Railways | |
| Total | 1,854.4 km (2017) |
| Standard gauge | 1,730.4 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (34 km electrified) |
| Narrow gauge | 124 km (2014) 0.914-m gauge |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 70,000 km (2021) |
| Paved | 18,699 km (2022) |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 6 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 62 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 17,758,527 (2018) |
| Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers | 313.26 million (2018) mt-km |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 111 (2023) |
| By type | general cargo 1, oil tanker 9, other 101 |
All Important Facts about Peru
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